Saturday 25 April 2009 Rāhoroi 25 Paenga-whāwhā 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  MOSZKOWSKI: Piano Concerto in E Op 59; PADEREWSKI: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 17 - Piers Lane (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (Hyperion CDA 66452)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  IRELAND: Fantasy Sonata in Eb; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Six Studies in English Folk Song; BAX: Clarinet Sonata; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Three Vocalises for soprano & clarinet; BLISS: Pastoral; STANFORD: Clarinet Sonata; BLISS: Two Nursery Rhymes, The ragwort; The dandelion - Emma Johnson (cl), Judith Howarth (sop), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (ASV CD DCA 891)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  GOUNOD: Requiem; Mass No 2 in G Op 1 - Eva Buffoni (sop), Irene Friedli (contralto), Ruben Amoretti (ten), Alain Clement (bass), Francois Margot (org), Chorale du Brassus/Andre Charlet (Claves CD 50-9326)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  D SCARLATTI: Sonata in E; Sonata in A; MOZART: Sonata No 11 K331; BEETHOVEN: Sonata No 14 Op 27/2, Moonlight; CHOPIN: Sonata No 2 Op 35, Marche funèbre; MOSKOWSKI: Etude Op 72/11; SCRIABIN: Etude Op 8/12; SCHUMANN: Träumerei; HOROWITZ: Variations on a theme from Bizet's Carmen - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (CBS MK 44797)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  DELIUS: Prelude; La Calinda; The Walk to the Paradise Garden; Intermezzo; Violin Concerto; Two Pieces for Small Orchestra; Sleigh Ride - Philippe Djokic (vln), Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC SNCD 5134)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 PERGOLESI: Sinfonia in F - Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer (Hyperion CDA 67230)

  RAVEL arr Samazeuilh: Menuet antique - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

  VIVALDI: Viola d'amore Concerto in D minor RV394 - François Fernandez (vla d'amore), Ricercar Consort/Philippe Pierlot (Mirare MIR 9968)

  SCHUBERT: Five Minuets and Trios D89 - Kodály Quartet (Naxos 8.557126)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7461.62)

  7:00 JC BACH: Gli Uccellatori, Overture - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 129)

  BRIDGE: Allegro moderato - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 243)

  TRAD arr Thomas: Shenandoah - Alison Balsom (flugelhorn), Quentin Thomas (organ of Paisley Abbey, Scotland) (EMI 5 75683)

  A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - Albrecht Mayer (ob/dir), New Seasons Ensemble (Decca 478 0313)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Snow Maiden, Suite - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1577)

  8:00 WEBER: Abu Hassan, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in Db - Romain Hervé (pno) (Calliope CAL 9349)

  LEO: Cello Concerto No 4 in F minor - Julius Berger (cello), Southwest German CO, Pforzheim/Vladislav Czarnecki (Brilliant Classics 93681)

  STANFORD: Fantasy in A minor for horn quintet - Stephen Stirling (horn), RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67434)

  GOODWIN: Battle of Britain Suite - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10262)

• 9:00 AM. Best of Upbeat

  A recap from the week's national and international music news, with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. Your Choice

  ELGAR: Wand of Youth Suite No 1 Op 1a - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166)

  JC BACH: Laudate pueri Dominum - Emma Kirkby (sop), Mark Schäfer (ten), L'Orfeo Baroque Orch/Michi Gaigg (CPO 999 718)

  GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Karlheinz Zoeller (fl), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 406)

  HEENAN: A Maori Suite - Donna Awatere, Laurette Gibb (sops), New Zealand Youth Orch, Girls' Youth Choir/Juan Matteucci (Kiwi CD SLD 102)

  GODARD arr Pierre: Berceuse, from Jocelyn - Patrick Gallois (fl), Fabrice Pierre (hp), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)

  BIZET arr Baumann: Agnus Dei - Donald Grobe (ten), Berlin Handel Choir, Berlin Radio SO/Günther Arndt (DG 423 774)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 - Jonathan Biss (pno), Orpheus CO (EMI 2 17270)

  HANDEL: Coronation Anthem, The king shall rejoice - Tallis Chamber Choir, Royal Academy Consort/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.557003)

  (Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

• Noon The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

  This week's best-selling CDs

• 1:00 PM. The Art of Jazz

  Ten programmes giving Phil Broadhurst's perspective on the international recorded jazz scene

  (10) Miscellaneous instruments: jazz on the harmonica, bandoneón, violin and banjo (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Global Sounds

  Indigenous music from around the world

  Madagascar: Music of the Antanosy

  A collection of field and studio recordings featuring the traditional music of Madagascar's Antanosy people (Ocora C560214)

• 3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

  Music Mountain

  Performances recorded at the 78th season of the Music Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Falls Village, Connecticut

  Sixteen programmes

  (16) Triton Trio

  MOZART: Violin Sonata No 33 in Eb K481; C SCHUMANN: Three Romances for horn & piano; LIGETI: Trio for horn, violin & piano, Hommage à Brahms; BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 (WFMT)

• 4:35 PM. Happy 80th André

  André Previn celebrated his 80th birthday on 6th April

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr Greaves: Fantasia on Greensleeves - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)

  WALTON: Cello Concerto - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Oslo Phil/André Previn (Orfeo C 621 061 A)

  ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN/MILLS: It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - André Previn (pno), David Finck (dbass) (DG 463 456)

  RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 44 - London SO/André Previn (EMI CMS 7 64530)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  LILBURN: Piano Sonata (1949) - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)

  R THOMPSON: Symphony No 3 in A minor - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Koch International 3-7074)

• 7:00 PM. Introducing Willie Manson

  The Songs & Story of a Lost Composer

  Willie Manson, born in Dunedin in 1896 and killed in action during the First World War, became an acclaimed and award-winning composer in Britain yet his existence has been virtually forgotten and apart from six recently rediscovered songs, all his compositions have disappeared.

  Peter Downes tells the extraordinary story of this remarkably gifted young man and David Griffiths sings the songs with David Vine at the piano (RNZ)

• 7:35 PM. Classical Ballads

  IRELAND: Ballade of London Nights - John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.570461)

  DAVIDOV: Ballade - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

  BAX: Northern Ballad No 3 - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8494)

• 8:00 PM. Curtain Raiser

  With Brian Kay

  Britten's War Requiem (RNZ)

• 8:20 PM. Music Alive

  BRITTEN: War Requiem - Stefania Woytowicz (sop), Peter Pears (ten), Hans Wilbrink (bar), Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, New Philharmonia Chorus, Melos Ensemble, New Philharmonia Orch/Benjamin Britten, Carlo Maria Giulini (recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London 1969) (BBC Legends BBCL 4046)

• 9:40 PM. Peace Pieces

  BUCHANAN: Century fanfare, Peace - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (SOUNZfine Vol 5)

  GOLLAND arr Frey: Peace - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

  HOLST: Venus, Bringer of Peace, from Planets Suite - Philharmonia William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5117)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - James Tibbles (organ of Auckland Town Hall) (RNZ)

  FARR: Time & Tide, based on music from the television police-drama "Duggan" - Donald Armstrong (vln), Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba), NZSO Chamber Orch/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2036)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (BBC Music BBC MM 276)

  11:00 BEETHOVEN: String Quintet in C Op 29 - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67693)

  TELEMANN: Paris Quartet No 2 in A minor - Musica ad Rhenum (Brilliant Classics 93649)

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